Lard-scoop.



.110. 374,277. PATENTEDDEO. 17, 1907. 1. L. ADAMS & L; 0.- WELLS.

LARD SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. 1907.

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indicate corresponding parts in all the. figstructed according to our invention;

re W On the under side of this main" disk 7 a shown. a The hub 8 which is internally thread- UivIrEn STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

HARRY LEE ADAMS AND LAWRENCE OBED wELLs, OF BONNETEBRE, MISSOURI.

Limn-scooig,

Specification ofLetters IPatent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, HARRY LEE ADAMS and LAWRENCE OBED WELLS, both citizensof the United States, andresidents of- Bonneterre, in the county of St. Francois and State of Missouri, have-invented a new and Improved Lard-Scoop, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to lard and butter scoops, and the object of the invention is to provide a scoop intended to be used in grocery stores or similar places Where lard and be removed in small quantities from large receptacles such as barrels or" tubs. i

A further object of the invention is to reduce a scoop of simple construction W 'ch can be readily operated to remove a definite quantity of lard or butter quickly and conseats in the manner indicated. N veniently, and without danger of soiling the) The tubular guide 4 is provided with a lonclothes of the operator of the device. gitudinal slot 5 and at this slot, within the The invention consists in the construction, guide; a' sleeve or stop 17' runs- This sleeve and combination of parts to be more fully de can 'slide on the piston rod 11 which passes scribed hereinafter and particularly set forth through it, but can be rigidly attached to the which is screwed 'de 4 and it carries at its upper end a cross handle 6. Within this tubular iston rod 11 there is disposed a knife spin consists sim ly' of a rod which extends through the ks of the piston and is riveted. below the piston to a knife- 13; the form of this knife is shownin'Fig. 4. Itpre'sents blades projecting in opposite directions, the side edges 14 of lard from the bottoniof the piston when the spindle is rotated. For the purpose of holding the spindle in positionand rotating the same, its upper end rojects beyond the handle 6, beyond whic it is formed with a threaded tip 15 upon which a thumb-nut 12 Reference is to be 'had to the accompany ing drawings forming a part of this specifica-' tion, in which similar characters ofreference which is the slot 5 as shown. As shown in Fig. 2, L'sle'eve 17 projects out into the slot 5.

Surrounding. the guide-tube 4, we provide ures. a ring .19 havin a pointer 20 projecting from Figure 1 is a side elevation-of a scoop con- I the lower side t ereof. This ring is provided igI'ZiWith-a plurality of openings 21 extending is a vertical central section through the scoop-v around 1t. By means of any .one ofthese shown in Fig. 1, certain of the inner parts be f openings, .the ring is secured to the sleeve ing shown partly in elevation; Fig. 3 is a. 'withasmall screw 22. j cross-section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a cross section through the barrel orbody f Ohthe outer face ofthe guide-tube,

23 is formed, dividedl into sec-1 of the scoop and looking upwardly toward the piston, and Fig. 5 is a perspective of a tions of difierentscales; t ese different/scales have 'longitudinaldivisionaas shown, correpointer rlng ,Which constitutes a feature of the invention;

Referring more-particularly to the parts, 1 resents the body or barrel of the scoop, 'ch is open below, the lower edge of the scoop being formed with a knife ,edge 2. This barrel is of cylindrical form, as shown, and to itshead 3 there is 1 attached an upwardly extending tubular stick or guide 4.

Within the barrel 1' we provide a piston, which is formed of a main disk 7 having a threaded hub 8 disposed centrally as-showllg, ac ing disk 9 is placed, and this packing isk is held in position by'a cover disk 10 which is attached to the under side of the piston as substances: 7 By removing the screw 22, the ring may so that it will register with any one of the scale sections. he numbering on the scale sections begins at the upper end and increases toward the lower end.-

wort .of lard or butter at a certain price per pound; the pointer being alined with the scale, the thumb-screw 18 is loosened and the number 20;

the piston head in its lowest takes place with possib eposition,

' ed, receives a'piston rod 11, of tubular form,

into it as indicated. This rod extends up beyond the upper end of the e 12, which" rod by meansof a smallthumb-screw l8. threadedinto it, passing throught 0 attached me. new position shifting the pointer I the ring is advanced till the pointer reaches N p then the sleeve is secured V again by the thumbscre'w'. This operation 110- that is, at the lower end of which are adapted to cut'the a scale spending to the diflerent prices of different to be measured with the scoopthe barrel, With the pointerin its lowest ossible position the scoop is dug into the ard or butter. In this wet the piston is forced back by the lard or utter entering the scoop. This upward movement of the piston ceases when the sleeve strikes the up per end of the slot; when this occurs the capacity of the barrel below the head will be that which will hold 20 cents worth. The piston'should not be drawn back before the scoop is dug into the lard or butter as in this case the scoop does not always become completely filled owing to the formation of an air-pocket in the upper end of the scoop. The contents of the scoop is then discharged by advancing the piston. If the cartridge of lard or butter formed in this way tends to adhere to the under side i may be readily detached byrotating the 'fe by means of the thumb-nut 12.

In order to facilitate the manipulation of the scoop the guide 4 is provided near its upper end with a cross-head or handle. 4- and at its lower end it is rovided with a grip handle 4}. The ban e 4* is particularly useful in moving the piston.

In practice, the guide 4 may desired, and the,details of the construction of the handle and other parts above the bar rel, may be adapted to'the particular kind of; receptacles with which the scoop is used.

' Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

' 1. A scoop of the class described having a be as long as barrel open below, a piston adapted to be advanced in said barrel to receive a substance into the lower end thereof, adjustable means for limiting the advance of-said piston, and

means for detaching the substance from the saidupiston.

2. A scoop of the class described having a barrel? open at its lower pnd, 9. piston m0v-' ably mounted in said barrel to receive a substance therein, a knife lying ad'acent to the faceof said piston and adapted to detach a substance adherin to the adjustable means or limiting the advance of Said piston. v

3. In a scoop of the class described, in combination a barrel open at one end, a piston movable in said barrel and adapted to advance to admit a substance into the interior of said barrel, 'a tubular piston rodcarrying said piston and affording means for operating the same, a knife spindle extending u wardly throu h said piston rod, a han 1e formed on sai of the piston, it-

combination, a barrel hav ;tached thereto, a ing a piston-rod tions' correspondin face thereof, and' pistonrod for actuating the same, a member attached to said spindle be- 4'. In a scoop of the class described, in com-- bination, a barrel open below, a piston adapt.- ed to slide therein, a tubular piston rod carrying said piston and adapted to operate the same, a knife spindle extending upwardly through said piston rod and having a threaded tip projecting beyond the upper end of said piston rod, a thumb-screw mounted on said tip, said piston rod having a handle formed thereon, and a knife carried by said spindle and lying against thelower face of said piston to detach a substance adhering thereto.

5. In a scoop of the class described, in combination, a barrel, a guide attached thereto a piston having a rod moving in said guide, an adjustable sleeve on said rod adaptedto limit the movement of said piston, said guide having means for limiting the -movement of said sleeve, a pointer carried by said sleeve, and a scale formed on said guide and cooperating with said sleeve.

6. In a scoop of the class described, in combination, thereto, a piston having a rod running in said guide, an adjustable stop attached to said piston, a pointer, a scale formed on said ide having a plurality of longitudinally 'sposed sections, and means for attaching sai a barrel, a guide attached" pointer in a plurality of positions to reg-' ister with any one of said sections.

7. In a scoop of the class described, in

a 'de atpiston for sa id bi i i' el havrun'nin in said guide, said guide having a longitu inal slot therein, an adjustable stop attached to said rod and runn1ng in said slot, a scale formed on said guide and having a plurality of longitudinal secto different prices, a pointer, and means or attaching said pointer to said stop in a plurality of positions to register with any one of said sections.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to the specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

HARRYLEE ADAMS. LAWRENCE OBED WELLS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. A. UNGLENK, 4 J. H. MALUGEN. 

